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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2019 Apr 1;21(10):2371–2380. doi: 10.1038/s41436-019-0497-y

Table 3.

CBQ sample: recruitment effectiveness, participants’ characteristics, and cost per CBQ participant for all methods combined.

Full CBQ
Sample
EHR Flyer-
Targeted
Community
Events
Clinic Biobank Staff
Network
Flyer-
General
Invitation Type Active Passive Active invitation of a group Active Active Active invitation of network Passive
Recruitment effectiveness N 1118 63 124 54 487 100 99 191
Consent Rate 56% 36% na 73% 88% 22% na na
CBQ Rate 70% 60% 79% 89% 60% 68% 90% 92%
Participants characteristics Age <45y old 47% + + + +
>65y old 21% + + +
Gender male 36% + +
Race and Ethnicity Latino/a 35% + +
not White non-Latino/a 46% + + +
Education High school or less 18% + +
Employment not employed 40% + + + +
Geo-Income <$33,948 16% + + + +
Cost (marginal and start-up) $787 $1,669 $676 $656 $733 $1,295 $582 $578

Abbreviations: consented, provided blood and completed the questionnaire (CBQ), electronic health records (EHR), not available (na)

Dark grey (+): higher consent or CBQ rate, more diverse cohort and lower cost per CBQ participant for the recruitment method compared to the full CBQ Sample.

White (−): lower consent or CBQ rate, less diverse cohort and higher cost per CBQ participant for the recruitment method compared to the full CBQ Sample.